Would you believe i spent ...... in gas

[bigw]

$763.58 in gas between my F-250 superduty,my ztr and my 36'' QUICK and hand tools { trimmer,edger etc..} unfreaking believeable!!!!!!!!

[Raven386]

why do you start so many threads... just make 1 big...."BIGW THREAD" much easier. and was that in a month,week,day,year...

[bigw]

why do you start so many threads... just make 1 big...."BIGW THREAD" much easier. and was that in a month,week,day,year...

lmao i dont know,bored i guess. Oh and that was from april14th till today so 1 month, by the way i need gas in both my truck and mower now!

[AndyTblc]

$763.58 in gas between my F-250 superduty,my ztr and my 36'' QUICK and hand tools { trimmer,edger etc..} unfreaking believeable!!!!!!!!

Is that total a week or month, hopefully not one sitting.

[randosh4]

yup $24.63 per day what did ya bring in for that ???

[bigw]

SORRY that was from april 14th till today may 14th and i only use the truck for { work only}.

[lawnwizards]

$763.58 in gas between my F-250 superduty,my ztr and my 36'' QUICK and hand tools { trimmer,edger etc..} unfreaking believeable!!!!!!!!

ditch the f-250 superduty. why do you need a huge truck like that if youre solo?

[EJD Lawnpride]

I do that in two weeks! Others probably do that in a week. Welcome to the industry.

[AndyTblc]

The only thing I have purchased gas for is for my truck, sometimes when my dad gets home, he grabs 4 cans and fills them up while the prices are going up, He does that when I'm out mowing or something, I go take the cans to go fill them up, and there is already gas for them. So I don't complain.

[F.S Lawn Care]

Thats around $25 a day if you're going 7 days a week, and around $34 a day if going 5 days a week. Which runs at 6-7 gallons a day or 9 or so, which is not bad at all for your truck and equipment. It's bad that gas is $4 a gallon its a freakin joke.

[bigw]

ditch the f-250 superduty. why do you need a huge truck like that if youre solo?

No way... i Love my truck, besides its only a reg cab with 5.4L engine and i need it for winter when i plow. I dont care if gas goes to 10$ a Gallon i love my truck. I wasnt really bitching about the gas { well yes i was } but not enough to let my truck go!! Besides i am also pulling a 8x16 ft enclosed trailer and thats why i need the big truck!

[milkie62]

I am running a super duty with a 5.4 pulling a Bri-Mar 7x12 dump trailer.I am only getting 8.5 with it right now.$138.00 to fill it.I am doing a couple of big mulch jobs and am basically more than covering my gas with the delivery charge.I can carry 8 yds of mulch in my trailer.I am charging $5/yd over my cost for delivery.Does that seem reasonable ? At $700 for gas you had better be making some money or stop running to Dunkin Donuts. I use an Escort for my runner.

[pclawncare]

Every week right now im running 120$ in dodge 3/4 and about 90 on the trailer between the cans and filling up equipment. The other day i went and filled up my other truck i use for work dodge 3/4 diesel 138$ diesel is outa control

[Blackcoal]

I dont know why this is a issue we all have to have fuel and it is expensive!!!!!!

Weekly is about $360 for me and that is in 3 days gotta love driving.

[pclawncare]

I wasnt crying about it. Its something we have to have its part of the business its part of everyones life theres no way around it so just fork over the money either the oil company or the gov is gona get it in the end anyway

[Lawnut101]

No way... i Love my truck, besides its only a reg cab with 5.4L engine and i need it for winter when i plow. I dont care if gas goes to 10$ a Gallon i love my truck. I wasnt really bitching about the gas { well yes i was } but not enough to let my truck go!! Besides i am also pulling a 8x16 ft enclosed trailer and thats why i need the big truck!

Don't ditch your truck! Plowing is the best part of the business, and that truck will make a great plower.

[Raven386]

No matter if the customer pays for it or not... it still sucks filling up the truck and mowers. hate forking over so much money. especially while plowing! :hammerhead: talk about sucking gas... but anyways. I only put a little bit in at a time so I never have the shell-shock of a full tank fill-up.

[DR LAWN AND LANDSCAPE]

spent 78.50 today in fuel alone. it is getting outrageous. The guy at the station said his delivery man told him it would be well over $4 by july 4th.

[Raven386]

i saw 4.09 for regular today.....

[lawnwizards]

No way... i Love my truck, besides its only a reg cab with 5.4L engine and i need it for winter when i plow. I dont care if gas goes to 10$ a Gallon i love my truck. I wasnt really bitching about the gas { well yes i was } but not enough to let my truck go!! Besides i am also pulling a 8x16 ft enclosed trailer and thats why i need the big truck!

my bad, it was late and i misread what you typed. somehow i got crewcab out of superduty. :laugh: anyway, fwiw, i got a 4.something gmc sierra and i get around 16mph pulling my gear. goodluck this season.

[mjlcare]

whats the difference between your superduty with a 5.4 and my 150 with a 5.4, is there that much of a difference

[ALC-GregH]

I'm just getting started. I spend $70-80 a week to do everything. :)

[customcurbdesigns]

whats the difference between your superduty with a 5.4 and my 150 with a 5.4, is there that much of a difference

Its kinda pointless to have an f250 with a 5.4..

in the f150 its a great engine..but no reason to get an f250 with a 5.4..To each his own I guess though.

[TandM]

I spent 150 in one sitting this sucks on the other hand I am still making money it really has not affected me that bad.

[davis45]

I wish my monthly fuel bill was $763.58.

I'm around $875-900. :cry::cry:

[Classified]

Although diesel is far more expensive between the fuel and the option to get the engine from the intitial buy I still get 16mpg pulling around my 7x16 enclosed weighing in at the 6500# range. buy the truck used and you dont have to pay for the $7000 option for diesel. Anyway, I dont want this to turn into a diesel vs thread but i only have to fill my chevy diesel up once evey week and the ford about once every week and a half to two. I wish Kawasaki could make little 15 HP diesel engines for the walkbehinds. that would be pretty cool!

[lawnwizards]

Although diesel is far more expensive between the fuel and the option to get the engine from the intitial buy I still get 16mpg pulling around my 7x16 enclosed weighing in at the 6500# range. buy the truck used and you dont have to pay for the $7000 option for diesel. Anyway, I dont want this to turn into a diesel vs thread but i only have to fill my chevy diesel up once evey week and the ford about once every week and a half to two. I wish Kawasaki could make little 15 HP diesel engines for the walkbehinds. that would be pretty cool!

could you imagine the footprint the walkbehind would have to have to compensate for the extra weight? that would be funny.:laugh:

[k911lowe]

when i started in1982 my monthly gas purchases were $900.00 a month for 6 trucks.we don't pay for gas,the customer does.if your paying for gas you're doing it wrong

[Raven386]

when i started in1982 my monthly gas purchases were $900.00 a month for 6 trucks.we don't pay for gas,the customer does.if your paying for gas you're doing it wrong

Well, I understand that the customer is paying for it, but not until the end of the month when their check gets deposited into my bank accnt. It just sucks seeing that much money come out of the accnt or go onto a credit card and see it gone by the next day.

[Mlc gmc03]

lol this is funny we spend that kind of money in a few days on fuel

[greenbaylawns]

just laugh and pick up a couple more accounts

[txgrassguy]

Aw Gee!!! I'm complaining at $3,400.00 per month.
Want to change fuel bills??????

[Woody82986]

I used to laugh at the fact that my ex's car and my Hustler both had a 12 gallon capacities and I could fill them both up for under $40.00 a few years ago. Now I can't even fill my hustler up for under $40.00. It just makes me glad that my clients pay for my gas.

[green-pa]

I spend between $75 and $100 for my Ram 1500, trailer and 2 mowers. Hearing this, I feel lucky. I wonder how much more I'll have to spend if I change and get a trailer about 5 foot longer and add another 500 lb mower.

[green-pa]

Aw Gee!!! I'm complaining at $3,400.00 per month.
Want to change fuel bills??????

U must have several trucks or 4-5 mowers at this rate right?

[milkie62]

If you have $3400.00/month in fuel bills you must be taking in the money also.